Climate Change

[David L]

Turns out more old, polluting vehicles are exported to poor countries than are scrapped.
As we did with emissions from manufacturing, we are doing the same by exporting vehicle emissions to some of the poorest countries most affected by changes in the climate.
What a racket

[David L]

Interesting view from Jacob

[David L]

https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-13239459/Smart-meters-faulty-Britain-gas-electricity-bills.html

   

[David L]

[Slim]

Not much that Bridgen says is true these days, but I didn't bother to check.

[David L]

COP29 CEO caught promoting fossil fuel deals

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crmzvdn9e18o.amp

[Slim]

That's awful, but a science denier is about to assume the role of President of the United States. That's this week's big climate news.

[David L]

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14127235/Ministers-bow-pressure-ease-electric-vehicle-targets-manufacturers-issued-dire-warnings-job-losses-lost-investment.html

No comfort for the 1100 losing their jobs in Luton, of course

[David L]

Coldplay boast that they've cut their "world tour greenhouse gas emissions" by 59%.
However, a study has revealed Coldplay fans travelled a staggering 18.8 million miles to see the band in concert.
What an absolute load of nonsense this all is.

[Thenop]

Coldplay boast that they've cut their "world tour greenhouse gas emissions" by 59%.
However, a study has revealed Coldplay fans travelled a staggering 18.8 million miles to see the band in concert.
What an absolute load of nonsense this all is.

I think it's best they call it a day, for all of us.

[David L]

Coldplay boast that they've cut their "world tour greenhouse gas emissions" by 59%.
However, a study has revealed Coldplay fans travelled a staggering 18.8 million miles to see the band in concert.
What an absolute load of nonsense this all is.

I think it's best they call it a day, for all of us.

[Slim]

Coldplay boast that they've cut their "world tour greenhouse gas emissions" by 59%.
However, a study has revealed Coldplay fans travelled a staggering 18.8 million miles to see the band in concert.
What an absolute load of nonsense this all is.

I agree with Coldplay's initiative being ultimately pointless, but it could be said that it has at least raised awareness of the problem.

We live in an extremely energy-rich environment. I've just spent some time idly googling statistics - humankind generates about 1.4 exajoules of energy every day from fossil fuel.

But we get 10,000 times that amount of energy from the Sun every day.

If 80% of the Sahara was covered in solar panels, humanity could generate about 170 exajoules of energy every day, even at 20% efficiency. Then there's wind power, wave power, hydropower, geothermal and a few other potential sources.

We've just got to stop digging our energy out of the ground and cooking ourselves.

[The Picnic Wasp]

A family acquaintance is just back from a last minute trip to Dubai as her grandchild's nanny was unexpectedly indisposed over Christmas. I don't know how many times she's been there over the past twelve months. As much as I admire the sight of the A380 overhead and laugh as our daft dog chases it, I wouldn't care if they had to scrap them all and recycle them as wind turbines. Stuff the loss to the economies concerned and to the huge hole being left in people's lives at not being able to selfishly nip to Prague on a stag or hen do. Byres Rd was fine for us in our twenties. At the very least air travel should be rationed to a certain limit of miles per person per year. If you're wealthy enough you could still flout the rules by paying extra tax to fund carbon storage (if that even really works).

[David L]

A family acquaintance is just back from a last minute trip to Dubai as her grandchild's nanny was unexpectedly indisposed over Christmas. I don't know how many times she's been there over the past twelve months. As much as I admire the sight of the A380 overhead and laugh as our daft dog chases it, I wouldn't care if they had to scrap them all and recycle them as wind turbines. Stuff the loss to the economies concerned and to the huge hole being left in people's lives at not being able to selfishly nip to Prague on a stag or hen do. Byres Rd was fine for us in our twenties. At the very least air travel should be rationed to a certain limit of miles per person per year. If you're wealthy enough you could still flout the rules by paying extra tax to fund carbon storage (if that even really works).

When you were in your twenties and making do with Byres Rd for stag do's, many relied on their employment in factories, shops and coal mines to survive. Nowadays many people put food on the table by working in tourism and the travel industry.
And if it is decided that we should limit air travel, let's see that limit initially imposed on celebrities, sports teams, royalty, politicians, David Attenborough, Greta Thunberg, Emma Thompson et al, to set an example.

[David L]

If 80% of the Sahara was covered in solar panels, humanity could generate about 170 exajoules of energy every day, even at 20% efficiency. Then there's wind power, wave power, hydropower, geothermal and a few other potential sources.

We've just got to stop digging our energy out of the ground and cooking ourselves.

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